Merge 2 different recovery environments

cclloyd9785

Master of Technology
Is there anyway I can merge the

1. Norton Ghost 15 revovery boot.wim
with
2. Windows 7 PE Repair My Computer Screen.

I want a boot.wim that when you boot from it, under the repair my computer, it has an option to open the Symantic Recovery Tool from Ghost.


If i cant merge them, then is there a way to transfer the reovery environment to a Windows 7 PE, because before it was a Windows Vista PE.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard
Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card
Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution
1366x768, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
PSU
N/A
Case
N/A
Cooling
Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Keyboard
Built-in
Mouse
Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
Internet Speed
55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info
❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
You can try.

I got the Paragon Hard Disk Manager files from the pe2.1 wim and put them into pe 3 wim.

It works great (except for the help files , which doesn't bother me).

I have a fair idea how the Paragon apps. are put together , so it wasn't hard.

Not sure how easy it would be with ghost.

You can put all the .wims in one iso then select which to boot from the menu.

Just need to add the entries to bcd in the boot folder.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
If you are in 7, probably quickest to mount the boot.wim of the 32 bit install files, using dism , or imagex, or Gimagex.

Then mount the ghost.wim and copy the files across to the 7 32 wim you mounted.

Might be simplest to mount image 2 of the 7 32 bit boot.wim , then put the ghost files in the sources folder.

Then unmount with commit, boot it up and see how it goes.

You may need to find a way to fire up ghost.exe from the command prompt in winpe. Go to the command prompt, and have a look for ghost.exe then see if you can get it to run.

Post a screenie of the contents of the ghost wim, be able to see better that way.

You can see inside with 7zip, or mount the wim to take a screenshot.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
Could i do the same, but copy the files over to a x64 windows 7 pe? And once i do, would there be any way for me to add it to the context menu of the Repair my computer menu?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard
Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card
Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution
1366x768, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
PSU
N/A
Case
N/A
Cooling
Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Keyboard
Built-in
Mouse
Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
Internet Speed
55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info
❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
No, practically nothing will work from x64 pe. It doesn't include syswow.

You need to make a separate x86 wim and include any apps you want in that.

You then have 2 wims.

The x64 wim will be called boot.wim by default - you need to rename it REC64.wim is fine.

The new wim you make by mounting the x86 boot.wim and adding in your apps. should still keep the name boot.wim

Put both those .wims inside the sources folder of x86 windows files.

Add an entry for the REC64.wim to the bcd store in the boot folder of the x86 files.

Adding the entry is explained here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/55304-creating-2-os-thumb-drive-7.html#post519974

To keep the size down , you can delete everything from the x86 files\sources folder except the 2 wims.


Create an iso. Boot it and you can choose either the "Windows Setup" option , which is the x86 boot.wim with your programs inside, or the REC64.wim.

Obviously, when creating the boot menu entries, you can give them any description you like - that is what you see on the boot menu screen.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
So are you basically saying merge the 2 .wims, both x86, then add boot entries to boot from the wim?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L505D-S9565
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Mac OS X 10.6.2 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.1 GHz
Motherboard
Toshiba Built-In with Insyde H20 BIOS 1.40
Memory
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3100 Graphics 256MB to 1468 MB Shared
Sound Card
Realtek Mobile ALC272 HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6" TFT LCD with TruBrite, Samsung 1080p HDTV
Screen Resolution
1366x768, 1920x1080
Hard Drives
❶:Main: Toshiba 250 GB SATA 5400 RPM
PSU
N/A
Case
N/A
Cooling
Built-in/Open window in winter :P
Keyboard
Built-in
Mouse
Build-in Symantics SmartTouch Pad
Internet Speed
55 MB/sec Down, 9 MB/sec Up
Other Info
❷:Backup: Seagate FreeAgent Desk USB 2.0 5400 RPM
❸:Media: Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 5400 RPM Portable Edition
I would keep both the REC64.wim and the x86 boot.wim ( which includes your added apps ).


You can boot either off the Hard drive by adding entries to bcd .


Or, you can create a bootable cd/flash again with entries for both wims in the boot menu.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
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